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The PNC Financial Services Group (PNC) Competitors

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$179.30 +0.93 (+0.52%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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PNC vs. FITB, HBAN, CFG, FNB, MTB, RF, TFC, USB, FCNCA, and KEY

Should you be buying The PNC Financial Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The PNC Financial Services Group include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), F.N.B. (FNB), M&T Bank (MTB), Regions Financial (RF), Truist Financial (TFC), U.S. Bancorp (USB), First Citizens BancShares (FCNCA), and KeyCorp (KEY). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

The PNC Financial Services Group vs. Its Competitors

Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) and The PNC Financial Services Group (NYSE:PNC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

In the previous week, The PNC Financial Services Group had 12 more articles in the media than Fifth Third Bancorp. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for The PNC Financial Services Group and 32 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp. The PNC Financial Services Group's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Fifth Third Bancorp's score of 0.98 indicating that The PNC Financial Services Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fifth Third Bancorp
15 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
The PNC Financial Services Group
25 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.5% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of The PNC Financial Services Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

The PNC Financial Services Group has a net margin of 19.30% compared to Fifth Third Bancorp's net margin of 18.67%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.41% beat The PNC Financial Services Group's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fifth Third Bancorp18.67% 13.41% 1.17%
The PNC Financial Services Group 19.30%11.47%1.16%

Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. The PNC Financial Services Group pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 47.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The PNC Financial Services Group pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Fifth Third Bancorp has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and The PNC Financial Services Group has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

The PNC Financial Services Group has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Third Bancorp. The PNC Financial Services Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fifth Third Bancorp, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fifth Third Bancorp$13.28B2.04$2.31B$3.3512.21
The PNC Financial Services Group$34.44B2.05$5.89B$15.4811.58

Fifth Third Bancorp currently has a consensus price target of $50.35, suggesting a potential upside of 23.14%. The PNC Financial Services Group has a consensus price target of $218.47, suggesting a potential upside of 21.85%. Given Fifth Third Bancorp's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Fifth Third Bancorp is more favorable than The PNC Financial Services Group.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.86
The PNC Financial Services Group
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The PNC Financial Services Group has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp and The PNC Financial Services Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PNC vs. The Competition

MetricThe PNC Financial Services GroupFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$70.61B$99.31B$12.48B$21.77B
Dividend Yield3.79%1.97%5.61%3.63%
P/E Ratio11.5817.0421.1232.43
Price / Sales2.056.0129.9781.20
Price / Cash11.4524.0519.3418.06
Price / Book1.313.812.244.59
Net Income$5.89B$6.24B$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-4.18%-0.44%-0.62%-0.38%
1 Month Performance-12.76%-5.00%-2.24%-0.93%
1 Year Performance-5.32%33.08%537.64%9.46%

The PNC Financial Services Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PNC
The PNC Financial Services Group
4.9921 of 5 stars
$179.30
+0.5%
$218.47
+21.8%
-5.3%$70.61B$34.44B11.5855,184Positive News
Earnings Report
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9593 of 5 stars
$42.20
+1.8%
$50.20
+19.0%
-8.5%$27.93B$8.45B13.1118,616Trending News
HBAN
Huntington Bancshares
4.9986 of 5 stars
$15.90
+1.9%
$19.37
+21.8%
+0.9%$23.19B$7.69B11.7819,932Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CFG
Citizens Financial Group
4.7781 of 5 stars
$50.26
+2.0%
$55.86
+11.1%
+16.0%$21.68B$7.85B15.2817,287Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
FNB
F.N.B.
4.568 of 5 stars
$15.63
+2.4%
$18.64
+19.3%
+3.3%$5.61B$1.64B12.214,280Trending News
Earnings Report
High Trading Volume
MTB
M&T Bank
4.9593 of 5 stars
$182.62
+1.0%
$216.18
+18.4%
-8.6%$28.54B$9.39B11.8322,354Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
RF
Regions Financial
4.9857 of 5 stars
$24.58
+1.7%
$27.89
+13.5%
-1.2%$21.93B$9.37B11.4319,644Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
TFC
Truist Financial
4.9393 of 5 stars
$42.92
+1.4%
$48.89
+13.9%
-2.3%$55.34B$24.25B11.6938,335Trending News
Earnings Report
Gap Up
USB
U.S. Bancorp
4.9943 of 5 stars
$46.16
+1.9%
$53.11
+15.1%
-7.1%$71.83B$42.71B11.0470,263Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
FCNCA
First Citizens BancShares
4.9957 of 5 stars
$1,733.60
+1.9%
$2,227.69
+28.5%
-19.9%$22.40B$9.49B10.2317,475Upcoming Earnings
KEY
KeyCorp
4.9964 of 5 stars
$17.58
+2.2%
$20.86
+18.7%
-2.2%$19.27B$4.94B-251.0916,753Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision

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